Mark T

Macks can be confusing in some ways. If you really look at any of those extended range transmissions with the ultra low gear and a huge overhear, they were pretty much made for how they came. Something like a mixer or maybe some dump trucks. Road speed wasn't their main selling point. Often they'd top out somewhere around a 300 and it'd be governed in the high teens (like @ 1900 RPM) Trucks with more of an on road personality might have higher horsepower ratings, but they'd never have been sold with the transmission and rears like the mixed service trucks. Mack also used to like using a higher numerical axle and a fairly high over gear in some of those ( like 4.64s and a .71 overhear ) Those koo koo low axles (like slower than 5.02s went with the extended range transmissions) If you ever looked at one, you'd notice they had a couple carrier bearings too. Gotta be careful how fast the drive shaft ends up spinning (like with a fast overgear) Lots of things changed as engines became more powerful in general, and those setups fell out of favor. Sounds like what you're trying to accomplish would require two speed rears. Pretty hard to get a truck that's best of both worlds without them .

Not sell the Mack. Sell the carport and get something bigger.

Since the Mack won't fit in there, might be a good time to sell it and get something a little bigger and stiffer.

On a more serious note (like as compared to the Morton idea) What did the guy that made it have to say about it ? He seemed to have some input about it blowing away, maybe he's seen this before and has a suggestion. Or maybe you could choke him a little ????

I would think the proceeds from the International would have been a good chunk down on the 30' X 50' Morton.......now THAT would be outstanding.

I never heard of it until now. Never saw it anywhere here where I live. I'll be looking now.

Get it up to temp, remove the turbo oil return and divert it into a pail with oil in it. Rev it up and look for bubbles. (which will be sorta violent in the pail) Potentially messy way to check, but ???? lot cheaper to clean up than an inframe for no good reason.

Yep. Shovel'n and trying to market a prefab igloo.

I think the Brockway cab was different from the doors forward. Full width of the cab on the left side and the right side had a recess for an aircleaner. I'm think'n there was no outside air vent in the center of them in front of the windshiels either. At the same time, I almost remember the firewall panel looking the same as a Mack. There was a guy in New York that sawed one from the cowl back and reinstalled a newer R type mack cab from there back. Made himself a pretty clean 700 Series when he was done with it.

That's because you were 🤪

I had never heard of it. Never seen it around here on a shelf either. Looks to be something worth looking in to .

Where's the fifth wheel ? The height of the fifth wheel means something too in relationship to a dump trailer. IDK what kind of weight you're carrying, but distributed properly it wouldn't seem it should be beating you up as you described.

MRO ?

That XO Rust paint and primer in one is kinda nice . There's a Rust-Oleum version of it too. Or if you want to get fancy, the self etching primer for them and a sand job before the topcoat. Yields a nice job for spray paint.

Geeze......I'd have figured you've already watched every episode of BBT a couple times by now.

There's a block off plate for the cooler lines. It bolts on to the little threaded holes around where it's threaded for the pipe fittings.

Springs. They don't have to be broke to be worn out.

Does it have any caster ? Like from it missing because the springs are shot and the kingpins are straight up and down?

That may be a bigger insurance claim then wrecking a KIA

Once the Autocar got the "family" cab, it was all downhill from there. The ACL hung around a little, then ???? Sound familiar ?

Remember what they did to these.

Telmas were popular on packers (garbage trucks) too. Some Macks made to be packers had no provisions for an engine brake. Telmas would have been quiet in residential areas as well. Brakesaver ? Whole different animal from back when Cats had overhead cams and an injection pump. Closest fluid type retarder would have been in an Allison automatic back then. Brakesaver was heavy, high maintenance and overall costly. Some 3406s still had them, but they were pretty much out of the picture by the mid to later '80s

There's this stuff called 303 Graphine. Comes in a small bottle more like something you'd find mustard in (black). I think it works great for bringing back plastics that are discolored.

For what it's worth ? I keep a pack of birthday cake candles in the tray on the torch cart. I use them instead of WD40 or something when heating something like that stubborn stud.

Nice 30 by 50 Morton would cure the problem.